“Who’s In and Who’s Out?”
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church of Richmond, Virginia, begins this week’s sermon by saying, “When it comes to immigration, our country and many other countries wrestle with the question of who can be...
“How Can You Call Yourself a Christian?”
Ryan Ahlgrim, Pastor of First Mennonite Church in Richmond, Virginia, quotes James 2:1, saying, “My brothers and sisters, do not claim the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory while showing partiality.” And then...
What Kind of Government Do We Want?
“What kind of government do we want?” asks Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church of Richmond, Virginia. Ahlgrim continues, “We’re not alone in this…even the ancient Israelites wrestled with this question.” In today’s passage, 1...
A52: The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of Richmond’s First Mennonite Church, says, “unlike Aesop’s Fables, Jesus’s parables are not always easy to understand. Some of his parables are downright puzzling.” He finds today’s parable of the talents from...
A28: Trinity Sunday, Year A (2023)
Rev. Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of Richmond’s First Mennonite Church begins, “When I was a teenager, I remember seeing…an illustration that showed a huge chasm. On one ridge of the chasm stood a man and on...